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Rooftop solar is expanding rapidly in the United States - by some estimates, a new system goes up every four minutes. There are plenty of reasons for that, from falling prices to generous federal subsidies to innovative leasing schemes.

But there's another, little-discussed factor here: Residential solar power is contagious. Yep, contagious. Studies have found that if you install solar photovoltaic panels on your roof, that increases the odds that your neighbors will install their own panels. Read the full article here.

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The main economic factors for Solar Energy are the local state or federal subsidies and the price that you normally pay for electricity from your utility. Federal subsidies come in the form of tax credits for solar installations and do not vary anywhere in the country. State or city subsidies may also be in the form of tax credits, but there are also rebates and the utility you are hooked up to may or may not be forced to take into account any surplus power that you generate yourself and supply to the grid. An economic factor that is often neglected is the rising cost of electricity generated by non solar means and the average cost per unit of this electricity. This affects the amount of savings that can be made by using solar generated electricity rather than continuing to use grid supplied electricity. When all the economic factors are taken into consideration, some interesting facts are revealed. For instance, one of the cloudiest and coldest states - New York - is actually a better place to install a home based solar energy system than many sunnier locations. This is mainly because of more generous credits given by state and city governments in what has become a much more forward thinking, in solar terms, than many other states. Also, normal electricity is more expensive in New York than states like Louisiana or Texas, for instance. It is economics like this which helps to explain the explosion in home solar energy installations over the last decade - a phenomenon which shows no sign of decelerating.